Reliability of Students' Self-Recorded Participation in Class Discussion

Katherine R. Krohn; Lisa N. Foster; Daniel F. McCleary; Kathleen B. Aspiranti; Meagan L. Nalls; Colin C. Quillivan; Cora M. Taylor; Robert L. Williams

doi:10.1177/0098628310390846

Reliability of Students' Self-Recorded Participation in Class Discussion

Katherine R. Krohn, Lisa N. Foster, Daniel F. McCleary, Kathleen B. Aspiranti, Meagan L. Nalls, Colin C. Quillivan, Cora M. Taylor, Robert L. Williams

Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

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The study determined whether students' self-recording of their class comments differed from observers' tallies of student comments and specifically whether students overreported their comments when credit was available for participation. In three sections (51-57 students per section) of an undergraduate educational psychology course, participants received a small amount of credit toward their grade for reporting up to two comments per class session in selected course units. Participants self-recorded their comments on a specially designed card on all days set aside for discussion in all units, including the noncredit units. Agreement between participant and observer records of individual participation proved high overall, and students did not overreport their comments under credit conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-45
Number of pages	3
Journal	Teaching of Psychology
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628310390846
State	Published - Jan 2011

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college students
participation
reliabilty
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